Garment fastening device



NOV. 7, 1933. I F 5 DE LONG 1,933,586

GARMENT FASTENING vDEVICE. A

Filed Feb. 15, 1932' WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

Z85 BY ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 7, 1933 GARE EDIT FASTENING DEVIGE Frank E. De Long, W'ashingtonvilie, Ia. Application February 15, I932 Serial No. 593,097

' Claims.

This invention relates to devices useful in fastening meetingor overlapping edges of garments of various kinds, particularly'ladies ga ments.

a The object of thepresentinvention is to provide a simple fastening device; or" the character referredto, the coinponentparts of whichlend themselves to very economic manufacture in I quantity from wire, and which are readily interengageable, but capable nevertheless, of effec-' tively resisting accidental detachment in use.

'As hereinafter disclosed, the fastening device ci'my invention is susceptble of many variations M which are generally similar that one of the N two components affords a" substantially rigid head,"while'the other component affords an eye which is adapted to engage the head of the first with a snap fit. no In the draw ng hereunto attached Figs. I and II are perspective views of the component parts constituting form of my improved fastening device.

Fig. III is a fragmentary illustration showing how the components of the device of Figs. I and II are secured to the oppos ng edges of a garment, and how they interengage to hold the garment in place; while,

Figs. IV, V, VI and VII are perspective views showing alternative forms of the two components or" the device.

With reference first to Figs. I, II and III, the form of fastening device therein shown comprses two components which are respectively designated by the numerals 9 and 10. The component 9, it will be noted, is fashioned iroma single piece of wire of predetermined length, with provision of an open shank portion 11 whereof the fold is twisted through an angle of ninety degrees and at the same time bent perpendicularly into the form a substantially rigid upstanding crosswise c rcular loop-like head 12. The cars 13 constituting the shank 11 or. the component 9, in this instance converge rearward to a point of meeting at 14 as shown in Figs. I and III, and have their ends curled in opposite directions with provision of anchorage loops 15 in the plane of said shank.

The companion component is likewise fashioned from a single piece of wire with provision of a ciosed eye 16 beyond which the crossed ends of the wire are curved rearwardly away from each other as at 1'7, and curled outwardly at their termini to afford anchorage loops 18 in the same 5, plane with the eye 16, the latter being so proportioned to engage the upstanding head 12' of the component 9 witha snap fit.

As shown in g. III, the two components 9' and 1-3 of the fastening device are adapted to be secured adjacent opposite meeting edges 192,116.20 6 a inent after the manner of ordinary hooks and that is to say, by sewing, with the stitch- 21 and 22 engaged through the anchorage loops I5 and 18respcctiveiy of the components 9, 1'3. Due to the springfness of the wire from which t e component 10 is made, its eyelfiis obvious. given the capacity to yield to dilation incident to h ng forced over the upstanding head 12 of e component 9. Accordingly, the o ponents 9, 10 are very easily interengaged but ctively resistive to accidental detachmentin use.

In Fig. IV the bars 13a constituting the shank 11a of the component 90. are paralleled and in direct contact, and the fold of the wire curled upwardly and inwardly toward the anchorage loops a to provide the upstanding head 12!).

The component 9?) of Fig. V is constructed like the component 9a oi Fig. IV, except that the upstanding head 12?) is twisted at right angles to the shank 112) so as to Fe crosswise or the latter. In the alternative form of eye component 10a of VI the anchorage loops 18a are curled inwardly instead of outwardly as in the first described form shown in Figs. II and III.

Fig. VII shows a modified form of eye component 107) wherein the ends 172) of the wire of which it is made directed laterally of the eye 16b, as a result of which the anchorage loops 1872 are brought into line with the said eye.

The various described forms of the components of my improved fastening device are of course all made so as to be capable of interchangeable use one with another.

From the forego ng it will be seen that I have provided a very s mple and inexpensive garment fastening device with parts which are very easily engaged, but which will effectively resist accidental detachment in use.

Having thus described my-invention,,I claim:

I. A garment fastening device comprising two components both made from individual lengths of wire suitably configured for attachment to the meeting portions or a garment, one of said components being formed with an upstanding loop head, and the other with a closed yieldalole-eye for engaging the aforesaid loop head with a snap fit; and said second mentioned component being formed by medially fashioning the length of wire to provide 'a closed eye beyond which the crossed wire ends are curved away from each other and curled at their termini into anchorage loops in the same plane with the closed yieldable-eye.

2. A garment fastening device comprising two components both made from individual lengths of wire, one component embodying an upstanding cross-wise loop-like head formed by a rightangled twist at the fold of a double-bar open shank with terminal anchorage loops fashioned by curling the free ends into contacting relation in the plane of said shank; and the other of said components affording a yielding eye for engaging the loop-like head of the first mentioned component with a snap fit, said second mentioned component being formed by medially fashioning the length of wire to provide a closed eye beyond which the crossed wire ends are curved rearwardly away from each :other and curled outwardly at their termini into anchorage loops in the same plane with the yielding eye.

3. A garment fastening device comprising two components made from individual lengths of wire, one having a double bar shank with the fold of the wire curled into the form of a closed circular loop constitutin an upstanding head in a plane crosswise of and at right angles to the longitudinal median of said double bar shank, the free ends of the bar shank being curled outwardly to provide terminal anchorage loops in the plane of said shank; and the other of said components affording a yielding eye for engaging the head of the first mentioned component with a snap fit, said second mentioned component being formed by medially fashioning the length of wire to provide a closed eye beyond which the crossed ends are curved rearwardly away from each other and curled inwardly at their termini into anchorage loops in the same plane as the yieldable eye.

4. A garment fastening device comprising two components, both made from wire, one having a double bar shank with a contacting fold of the wire curled into a closed loop and twisted vertically-crosswise of the shank to constitute an upstanding head, the free ends of the shank bars being opposedly curled to form terminal anchorage loops in the plane of said shank; and the other of said components afiording a yielding closed eye, by crossing the free portions thereof in divergent relation, for engaging the head of the double bar shank component with a snap fit, said second mentioned component also having anchorage loops in the plane of the eye at its termini formed by curling of the ends of the wire inwardly beyond said eye.

5. A garment fastening device comprising two wire components, a doubled bar shank portion with the fold looped over in alignment with the shank to provide an upstanding head and the opposing termini outwardly curled to form attaching eyes in the plane of said shank; the other of said components affording a yielding eye for engaging the head of the first component with a snap fit, said second mentioned component being formed by looping the wire length medially, crossing the free portions from which it is formed with the ends divergingly-directed laterally in opposite directions from the eye, and said ends being individually curled at their termini with provision of substantially-aligned anchorage loops in the plane of said eye.

FRANK E. DE LONG. 

